ClubSocial: 2021-08-08

Dear Sydney, Byron needs more from you than real estate dollars and COVID deniers

The relationship isn’t really working out for us right now.

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Closed borders keep state’s job market afloat

Workers are in shorter supply as migrants from overseas are kept out, but real wage rises are still years off, experts warn.

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I haven’t been gagged, I’m retiring: Sterling

Peter Sterling has been forced to deal with false claims about him being silenced, moved on and even linked with a coaching job at the Eels.

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‘I was on the kitchen floor crying too often’: a year of despair for performers

The Age spoke with five performers, a cross-section of careers no longer just on hold, but under existential threat.

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‘Ten years is a long time’: 5 Seconds of Summer’s Luke Hemmings on going solo

The frontman of the Sydney pop-rock phenoms reflects on a whirlwind decade on his impressive solo debut.

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Why Asher Keddie’s perfect role came at a personal cost

After an award-winning career in Australian TV and film, Asher Keddie landed a dream role in the US adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers. She shares the toll it took on her family life

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Thrown in a loop: How Daniel Andrews’ biggest project was cooked up behind closed doors

Originally codenamed Operation Halo, this was an infrastructure project so secret that board members of the government agency responsible for its delivery knew nothing about it until it was announced.

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Singer Joan Armatrading: ‘I didn’t realise I was breaking new ground’

“I didn’t have other female role models doing what I was doing...I didn’t want to be famous, I just wanted people to hear my music.

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Use COVID-19 to bring people together, not push them apart

This dreadful week has reminded us how little progress has been achieved on the major challenges facing our nation.

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Head or heart: AFL’s grand dilemma as game takes COVID kicks

Melbourne is the club that has the most to lose, culturally and potentially on the field, if the grand final or preliminary finals are shifted from the home of football.

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NSW crisis a risk to hopes of opening up the nation

As NSW emphasises vaccination as its key tool out of lockdown, researchers behind modelling underpinning the national reopening strategy say opening with high cases is not part of the plan.

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COVID-19 has cost NRL $100m, but game will weather storm, says V’landys

The game continues to bleed money due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the bill already coming in at $100 million.

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‘Pushing towards a crisis’: Dental waiting lists blow out to record levels

Patients in parts of the state are waiting three years for treatment and key services for children are being shelved as the dental system struggles during the pandemic.

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Morrison’s pledge on ocean waste - a shiny (plastic) distraction from climate policy

The Prime Minister has previously been vocal about not leaving our children an environmental disaster. He could extend that principle to climate change.

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Small talk: the biggest hole in our lockdown lives, the hardest habit to break

Humans require connection. We’ll need to re-establish it as soon as humanly possible.

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How actor Pia Whitesell turns her beauty routine into a wellbeing ritual

The Macabalm founder’s routine involves oils, sage and ocean swims.

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Raw and visceral, Brandon Jack’s memoir not the typical AFL story

Brandon Jack isn’t sure he ever wanted to play football. But he was the son and brother of football royalty and he didn’t opt out when he could have.

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Ricciardo chasing right formula in difficult season

Ask the Australian to rate his first campaign with McLaren so far, and he doesn’t sugar-coat it. “It’s not been great, to say the least,” he says.

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‘I told Allah that if he wanted to kill me in that moment, I’d be OK with it’

As an Egyptian Muslim teenager, Sara El Sayed moved to Hervey Bay in Queensland with her family, and her life completely changed.

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When making a decision, ignore the advice about trusting your gut

One expert advises approaching the issue in a detached manner: “There’s a lot to be said for thinking about the problem like a scientist.”

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Young people search for substance over image

It is a Wednesday and my wife, Jenny, is next door, getting ready for the day. From 8.30am until after 3pm she will teach 25 seven-year-olds online.

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Location, location: Paris 2024 Olympic Games organisers aim for beauty on a budget

France is planning a sporting extravaganza like no other with much of it outdoors and open to the public.

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Does anybody win when we compare our suffering?

Many of us have been one-upping each other in the agony stakes during the pandemic. Here’s how to stop it damaging your relationships.

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‘Crazy’: Clubs NSW lash out at plan for Star casino to gain 1000 pokies

The powerful lobby group representing clubs in NSW has lashed out at a plan to allow an extra 1000 poker machines into Sydney’s Star casino.

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SBS to broadcast COVID-19 updates in Vietnamese, Arabic

SBS will use its television channels to interpret NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s updates in frequently used languages of the communities badly affected by COVID-19.

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CSL’s planned mRNA factories would produce 50 million doses in four months

Australia could make enough mRNA vaccines to protect the entire population at short notice under plans by biotech giant CSL to build two new facilities to fight future waves of coronavirus.

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Exodus from Premier’s private office as staffers look past election

A steady departure of policy, media and legal advisers and administrative staff from the Premier’s private office means there are only a handful of surviving members from the team which took over the running of government after the 2014 election.

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‘There are vacancies everywhere’: State battles dire nursing shortage

Nurses have been the backbone of the pandemic, but now Victoria’s healthcare system is battling a serious shortage of them

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The mysterious benefactor who is changing lives for the homeless

Nobody knew much about Dr Dianne Houghton in life. In death, a remarkable bequest will fund a new general practice to provide health care services to the homeless regardless of where they live or their Medicare status.

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The complicated equation of COVID vaccines for kids

Parents and child health specialists are grappling with the best way to approach COVID-19 vaccines for children.

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Disruption to ‘sense of self’ contributed to pandemic-linked suicides

The loneliness of working from home and being cut off from the familiarity of everyday life were among pandemic-related factors in one in 10 Victorian deaths by suicide, a report has found.

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Goldman Sachs set to score from Spain’s football woes

With Spain’s top soccer clubs battling to raise much-needed new financing, one clear winner is already emerging: Goldman Sachs.

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The cunning in Barnaby Joyce’s climate shuffle

Barnaby the obscurantist denialist is now Barnaby the negotiator. He wants a deal for his constituents that helps soften the burden of climate change action - and the ball is in Scott Morrison’s court before he faces global leaders in November.

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The old politics of bluff will leave PM and Berejiklian isolated

On climate, Scott Morrison is headed for a clash with his global peers. The NSW Premier, meanwhile, risks border wars with state and territory leaders.

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Talk about un-Australian: our Anglo, male pandemic commanders do not speak for much of the nation

The top-down nature of our COVID briefings, with their focus on individual accountability, misses the mark for many Australians, whose cultural traditions place greater weight on collective wellbeing and mutual obligation.

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Pandemic a ‘natural experiment’ for universal basic income proposals

Proposals for a universal basic income have gained international attention during the past decade and the pandemic may have shown how this policy idea could work in Australia.

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Crows left to pick up the pieces of another damaging scandal

Can Australian football use the dreadful Taylor Walker incident to become the national leader on racial reform it once claimed to be?.

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The swathe of demolition that proves courts are failing heritage

We’d do better by investing in local democracy to protect the public interest in planning decisions.

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Fish out of water: Life inside the ever-changing border bubble

When Tegan Greenfield worked in Albury, customers saw a Victorian number plate and said ‘they need to go home’. She lives just three kilometres away.

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How two empty-nesters refreshed their weatherboard home

The Edwardian home of two Melburnians gets a gorgeous refresh thanks to its mix of a modern design and treasured antiques.

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Families locked down in Sydney’s west are literally climbing the walls

While residents of the east and north shore flocked to Sydney’s beaches when COVID-19 hit their neighbourhoods, families on the city’s fringe are instead taking advantage of larger spaces and nearby bushland to stay sane.

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An ugly scene in my neighbourhood made me question if COVID has made us cruel

Have you noticed how unkind so many of us are these days? It’s really starting to get me down.

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The fashion mistake model Victoria Lee feels she still makes

“I wish I was more confident in something like a loud print dress. I should just embrace it.”

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Big fish: Behind Andrew Forrest’s bold play for Tasmanian salmon producer

Not everyone in Tasmania is on board with the mining magnate’s bid to thwart a $500 million takeover of Tasmanian salmon producer Huon on environmental grounds.

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I’d always condemned infidelity, then I fell in love with a married man

My lover awakened my heart, body and soul after the loss of my husband, and it was all too easy to ignore his marriage.

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Tempers flare at Seven over criticism of Olympics TV hosts

Rumours about frosty relations between Seven’s two star Olympics hosts, Hamish McLachlan and Abbey Gelmi, hit fever pitch last week.

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Australia news LIVE: COVID-19 cases continue to spread across NSW as cases in Victoria, ACT and Queensland grow

NSW will tighten the rules around the singles bubble and people exercising, a popular market in Melbourne’s inner south is a venue of concern and vaccine hesitancy has fallen in Queensland.

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The price of your morning cup of coffee keeps on rising

Cafes around the world have been left with a stark choice with tightening supplies having driven arabica bean prices to seven-year highs.

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Chinese workers killed in ‘suicide bombing’ last month, says Pakistan

Beijing is investing over $US65 billion in infrastructure projects in Pakistan as part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) under its wider Belt and Road initiative.

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‘Do you want a tip?’: Franklin giving opponents on-field lessons

Not content with being an on-field mentor for Sydney’s young forward line, the greatest goalkicker of the 21st century is also telling rivals during games what to do.

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ASX set for gains as Wall Street grinds higher

Wall Street wobbled between small gains and losses in quiet trading as investors digested mixed economic news.

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‘The front line of all democracies’: Taiwan lobbies for free-trade deals

Former prime minister Tony Abbot says it would be good for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and good for democracies if Taiwan were brought in from the cold.

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China signals its regulatory crackdown will go on for years

China released a five-year blueprint calling for greater regulation of vast parts of the economy, providing a sweeping framework for the broader crackdown on key industries that has left investors reeling.

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Hundreds of transport workers thrust into COVID isolation sparking major disruption warnings

More than 560 public transport workers are currently in COVID isolation across NSW, with the state government warning Sydneysiders to prepare for the risk of widespread disruptions.

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Vacillation rollout: Morrison hands the wheel to the states on the road to workplace vaccination

Employers want clarity on vaccinating their workforces. They’re not getting it from the Morrison government.

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Why super netball needs bigger squads

An increase from 10 to 12 would give young players a chance to shine as well as provide much-needed depth.

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Morrison faces internal pressure over mRNA vaccine manufacturing

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing pressure from Victorian Liberals to ramp up plans for Australia’s first mRNA vaccine manufacturing hub, as the campaign for the federal government to choose Victoria as the preferred location intensifies.

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Vaccination is a vehicle to reopening, but it shouldn’t be a steamroller

Coercion is not an option for people who refuse to be vaccinated. But there are some jobs and activities for which vaccination can justifiably be required,

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Public sector bonuses to be dramatically slashed in federal government edict

Big bonuses for taxpayer-funded staff will be slashed and instead offered mainly to workers doing high-level jobs in areas competing with commercial operators for talent.

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Notes from a Melbourne psychologist and the power of the 20-second hug

Like all Victorians, Chris Cheers was weary and frustrated when lockdown number six was announced. But he’s got some strategies for how we can cope.

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Cost of lockdowns is $17 billion and counting

Pandemic lockdowns over the past 9 weeks have already dealt a $17b hit to the economy and Australians are becoming increasingly reliant on government support.

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Australian tech needs to dig deeper to produce next Afterpay

Deep tech incubators say changes in policy and perception may be required to raise other tech segments to the profile of fintech.

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Luc Longley’s call to Michael Jordan for Australian Story

It took Longley a year to process his absence from The Last Dance. When the time came, he picked up the phone to His Airness.

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Pony tamed: China’s self-driving company’s US dream hits a roadblock

Pony.ai has reportedly put on hold plans to go public on Wall Street after it failed to gain assurances from Beijing that it would not become a target of a crackdown against Chinese technology companies.

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Our local hero: why we give thanks for Punchbowl’s own Kerry Chant

The Chief Health Officer has given much reassurance to the people of locked-down south-west Sydney - because she knows us well.

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From AstraZenophobia to Zoomba: the A to Z guide to life in lockdown

Feeling deja-blue? Here’s some new words to help you survive the latest pandemic outbreak.

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Pet carers can leave lockdown to do their job, but not a priest to tend his flock

A list of workers authorised to leave locked-down local government areas includes animal carers, but not ministers of religion.

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Literature’s dystopian future is closer than you think

COVID-19 has taken us another step closer to the nightmare scenarios of Huxley and Orwell.

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Wage subsidy for stood-down council staff reinstated after pleas

The NSW government will offer $1500 a fortnight in support for up to three months to council workers whose jobs are affected by lockdowns.

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Home starting to feel filthy? These small, daily tricks will help

Outsourcing has meant overlooking what it takes to keep our households neat and tidy. Ahead, a lesson in the basics of what once used to be called good housekeeping.

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Samsung unveils cheaper, more durable folding phones but snubs plus-sized Note

Samsung has unveiled a third iteration of its flagship Fold phone at a reduced price tag but a new version of its supersized Note phone was nowhere to be seen.

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‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Germany arrests alleged Russian spy at British embassy

It’s unlikely the suspect David S. had diplomatic immunity because in such a case he would have normally been expelled from the country instead of being detained.

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Taylor Walker should not play on with Adelaide next season

Warren Tredrea writes that he cannot see how Taylor Walker can return to the Adelaide Football Club in 2022.

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‘That’s not sustainable’: Big Oil squeezes green energy profits

The world’s largest oil companies are bidding up prices for renewable energy projects, squeezing profits from wind and solar farms just as they’re needed most to avoid climate catastrophe.

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ASX set for gains as Wall Street advances; bitcoin steady

Wall Street continues to reset records as investors welcomed some better-than-expected economic data.

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States demand NSW consults before going it alone on eased restrictions

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been told by other state leaders that she must consult national cabinet about any plan to deviate from an agreed strategy to contain COVID-19.

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Judge trades Sydney’s lockdown for the ski slopes

A frosty atmosphere has descended on a NSW ski village as Sydneysiders arrive for their annual winter ski holiday.

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Private NSW schools want more autonomy over COVID-19 response

Independent schools no longer want the government to dictate how they should approach big decisions such as which students to return to school.

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Now climate activists want BHP to keep hold of its fossil fuels

BHP Group, the world’s top miner, should abandon plans for multibillion-dollar sales of fossil fuels assets and instead responsibly close down the operations, according to an environmental campaign group.

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Former Wallaroos coach accuses RA of double standards

Dwayne Nestor has questioned why men’s sevens players were only given formal warnings for their behaviour on a flight home from the Olympics, while he was asked to resign.

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Safe Work chair backs mandatory vaccinations for some workers

Employers in industries such as supermarkets and hospitality have the right to demand their staff be vaccinated, the chair of Safe Work Australia says.

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Port Botany worker charged for allegedly feeding info to drug import syndicate

The man was arrested on Tuesday after intelligence from the global law enforcement sting using the An0m communications app identified him as a person of interest.

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The generation of kids whose time has stood still ... they need your direction, Premier

What next for schools? If the government doesn’t know, how can families or teachers?

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Corporate bookmakers drop long-time opposition to ban on credit card betting

Corporate bookmakers have dumped their long-time opposition to banning punters from using credit cards for online betting.

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How Storm star Papenhuyzen can get his mojo back

The Storm fullback has been tentative since his return from a serious concussion. What he needs to do might sound a bit counter-intuitive.

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Gay parents frustrated by ‘biased’ father and mother question in census

Same-sex parents say the census doesn’t represent the diversity of modern Australia after being asked for details about their children’s mother and father.

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Prince of poisoners, genteel murderer and colonial artist in the spotlight, 200 years on

Thought to have murdered three people, the convicted forger and artist was found guilty, and sent to Van Diemen’s Land to serve his life sentence.

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Chasing net zero: the oil and gas industry is not the enemy but part of the solution

Hydrocarbons, including gas, still supplied 83 per cent of all global energy last year. The oil and gas industry will be a critical  player in the transition to net zero.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison a cranky man in need of a plan

A tired and cranky prime minister allowed his temper to get the better of him. But Morrison’s aggressive streak inhibits his ability to forge consensus when the country is crying out for leadership.

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If workers isolate to get a COVID test, they shouldn’t pay in lost wages

Victoria has a payment for workers who do the right thing, but no NSW.

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Four Corners turns 60: Inside the show that exposes governments and divides viewers

Sixty years ago, Four Corners began with a clip asking whether a future governor-general should be British or Australian. It hasn’t been perfect, but its future looks stable.

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Japan calls on Australia to lead resistance to China’s regional sway

Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi has warned China’s clout is backed by force and coercion, and it is trying to make its dominance “into a fait accompli”.

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Hackers steal $US600m of crypto in record theft

Hackers perpetrated what is likely the biggest theft ever in the world of decentralised finance, stealing cryptocurrency from a protocol known as PolyNetwork that lets users swap tokens across multiple blockchains.

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‘Grow a spine’: Berejikilan’s climate action is falling short

Environment Minister Matt Kean has his work cut out if he gets only tepid support from colleagues.

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How I turned a work-from-home fail into a moment of lingerie liberation

By refusing to be shamed, I had moved from #lingeriefail to #lingerieinfluencer.

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If Afterpay’s interest-free loans sound too good to be true ...

Some Millennials may have to learn financial literacy the hard way.

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Shady firm behind Pfizer, AstraZeneca smear campaign blocked on Facebook

The Fazze network also contacted social media influencers in several countries with offers to pay them for reposting the misleading content.

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MIFF cancels cinema program, goes online only for second year running

Melbourne’s sixth lockdown has forced the Melbourne International Film Festival to abandon its plans for an in-cinema and drive-in program.

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ASX set for positive open despite tech slide on Wall Street

The majority of companies on Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index made gains, but they were kept in check by technology companies.

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Pay cut: Google employees who work from home could lose money

Facebook and Twitter also cut pay for remote employees who move to less expensive areas.

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‘We can’t just be held back’: Push for NSW vaccine passports

An urban think tank says fully vaccinated people in NSW should be offered more freedoms now.

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Back-to-school plan: NSW scopes hotspots, vaccine targets and who returns first

The NSW Department of Education has hired consultancy firm KPMG to help design a back-to-school plan that will look at different approaches for hotspot areas, the vaccination rates that could trigger a return and which year groups should come back first.

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Bangladesh the latest chapter in two-year decline

You must go back 18 months and six Melbourne lockdowns to find the last time Australia’s national men’s team won a series other than those of the ODI variety. Since then, the teams coached by Justin Langer have lost five in a row.

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Multibillion-dollar land sales target imposed on NSW departments

NSW government departments are being forced to sell land and property to meet a multibillion-dollar target to fund future infrastructure.

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Andrews government fails to curb legal right to fire gay staff

LGBTQ+ groups are pressuring the state government to honour an election promise to remove discrimination against some students and staff at religious schools.

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Sky News hosts silent as the channel deletes unproven COVID-19 treatment videos

Sky News has deleted more than 30 videos, including some featuring Alan Jones, Andrew Bolt and Rowan Dean, criticising public health advice on unproven COVID-19 treatments

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COVID cases could have been prevented by better ventilation, says leading aerosol scientist

Schools, shopping centres and restaurants are at the centre of Victoria’s Delta clusters. Now a WHO adviser says carbon dioxide monitors should join QR codes and masks as standard measures to stop outbreaks.

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Archives pleaded with Attorney-General to release report on its future

The National Archives’ advisory council repeatedly asked the government to respond to a major review into its operations that revealed it needed a huge injection of cash.

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Snap Shot: Murphy’s Law as wins hard to find for AFL greats; a lightning look at lightning

The Murphys are one of the greatest football families the game has seen. Unfortunately, they didn’t play in as many wins as their talent deserved. Plus a lightning look at lightning, and that duck-breaking goal.

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Fines can apply for laggard census households in lockdown

Families in locked down areas who failed to fill out the census on Tuesday night should prepare to find a letter from the Australian Bureau of Statistics in their mailbox.

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I’m anxious about my workplace’s use of BCC on emails. What should I do?

While on the surface, the use of BCC – or blind copy – on an email might seem a small thing, Dr Kirstin Ferguson says she isn’t a fan, and it could be a sign of poor workplace culture.

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‘Destined for market failure’: Regional TV’s dire warning

In a letter to Communications Minister Paul Fletcher in March last year, the three regional TV bosses warned that some services, including news and current affairs, could soon be turned off. After that, they said they could experience complete market failure.

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New POW research highlights extraordinary wartime stories

Two airmen who baled out from bomber aircraft survived with one parachute.

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‘Inequitable’: Sydney church in late bid for changes to rezoning plans

The future shape of an inner-west suburb is set to be dictated by the finalisation of plans by the state government within weeks.

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Terrorism concerns keep Alameddine crime family member in prison

The State Parole Authority rejected Bilal Alameddine’s application based partly on a suspected attempt to travel to Syria six years ago to join Islamic State.

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France begins enforcing coronavirus pass for diners, travellers

Despite the requirements put on restaurant and cafe owners, polls show that most French support the health pass.

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He was a banker to the world’s richest families. Now he has his own $4.9b fortune

Byron Trott, consigliere to some of the world’s wealthiest families, doesn’t like being called the billionaires’ banker. How does billionaire banker sound?

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‘Hiding under our noses’: Fake COVID-19 vaccine cards sold online worry US university officials

“The United States, unlike most countries which have electronic systems in place, is basing its vaccination on a flimsy paper card,” said one health professional.

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Switch off the Netflix folks, there’s a better way to spend your lockdown tonight

You should fill out your census (and feel good about it).

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Australia news LIVE: COVID-19 cases continue to grow in NSW, Victoria and Queensland

Residents who live in and around Byron Bay are in lockdown, Victoria’s restrictions have eased for the regions and all eyes are on the Queensland-NSW border.

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‘Australia playing its part’: Federal government urges global climate action

Australia’s leaders say they’re doing their part to avoid catastrophic global warming by promoting low emissions technologies without affecting jobs.

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Geronimo the alpaca is on death row in Britain. Even Boris Johnson’s dad wants him saved

Not since the United Kingdom’s last state-sanctioned execution in 1964 has a death sentence captured so much public attention.

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‘People expect too much’: Can you fix a fractured family?

Whatever the cause, the impact of a breakup can ripple from one generation to the next. Putting an end to such a cycle is possible.

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Music charity getting 500 calls a week as demand surges for crisis money

The federal government will announce Tuesday it will give $20 million to Support Act to cope with the spike in calls for emergency assistance.

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Why making vaccinations compulsory should be a last resort

First governments should do all they can to get vaccines to the people who want and need them.

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ASX set for positive start despite Wall Street slipping

Stocks edged lower on Wall Street as investors reviewed the latest corporate earnings reports and cautiously watch the latest virus surge for its impact on economic growth.

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‘There are no words’: family of missing Aboriginal man spend $8000 on search

Twenty-two-year-old Gomeroi man Gordon Copeland was last seen by police entering the Gwydir River a month ago. His family is still desperate for answers.

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Afterpay deal shows Australia’s fintech strength ‘right up there’, says Fahour

As Ahmed Fahour’s Latitude unveiled the $200 million purchase of Symple Loans, the former Australia Post boss said the Afterpay deal showed the nation was performing well in financial innovation.

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Vaccination the only way for Australia to escape its ‘gilded cage’

There is no viable long-term strategy that says we can simply keep the virus out.

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Now the Olympics are over, here’s what to look out for in the footy

From the location of the grand final to Nathan Cleary’s busted wing and the race to the bottom of the eight, the NRL is about to go into overdrive in Queensland after the Olympic torch is snuffed out.

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‘Similar DNA to Canva, Atlassian’: Buzz builds around customer feedback startup Dovetail

Sydney-based customer feedback startup Dovetail is being hailed by its prominent backers as potentially Australia’s next big software success story.

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How rehab at home set former Olympian Nicole Livingstone on path to Tokyo

Since the pandemic started, the use of home hospital services has taken off.

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Deakin head flags mandatory vaccination, state says public servants won’t follow

Vice-chancellor Iain Martin has raised the prospect of introducing mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for students and staff next year, saying choosing not to vaccinate is “potentially verging on the negligent”.

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Pacific neighbours need us to lead on climate as they fight multiple crises

Our position on emissions at Glasgow will be very closely watched throughout the troubled region

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Steph Lentz was sacked this year for being gay. It was perfectly legal

LGBTQ people who work at religious schools can be sacked for who they are, and they fear the federal religious discrimination bill could make things worse.

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Robinhood’s unfinished business risks killing its dream to ‘democratise finance for all’

The company’s unresolved legal issues cast a shadow over its IPO rebound. but its legal troubles cast a shadow on its success and threaten its grand ambition to “democratise finance for all.”

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Air quality levels can predict whether lockdowns have worked

Research suggests levels of a particular pollutant in the air over locked-down regions can give a clear indication of whether the lockdown has worked.

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Immigrant suspected of killing French priest who sheltered him

An immigrant in France already under investigation for setting the Nantes cathedral on fire last year has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a Catholic priest.

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‘I don’t want to do this’: Forced into marriage, Ruqia Haidari was dead two months later

Ruqia Haidari was married off to an older man she didn’t know for $15,000 and taken to live thousands of kilometres away from home. Two months later she was murdered by her husband.

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Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID cases continue to grow; under 40s in Victoria eligible for AstraZeneca at mass vaccination hubs

Tens of thousands of people in Sydney’s Penrith region are waking up to tougher lockdown restrictions, under-40s in Victoria will be able to get an AstraZeneca jab at mass vaccination hubs from today and Cairns has been plunged into a snap lockdown.

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Socceroo on target as Ange racks up first league win at Celtic in style

Tom Rogic was among the scorers as the Scottish giants hammered Dundee 6-0 at Celtic Park.

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What is the ‘J.Lo effect’?

It is hard to define but easy to identify. Generally speaking, it refers to the ways in which Lopez, 52, defies almost every human standard.

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‘Clubculture Reboot’ pilot in Berlin mixes mass testing with nightlife

The idea of the study is to determine how to safely reopen nightclubs without anyone getting infected.

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ASX to bounce higher as jobs report boosts Wall Street

A strong jobs report helped Wall Street finish the week in the black, setting up the ASX for a strong start this morning.

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‘Not enough evidence’: Key taskforce rejects rollout of new COVID-19 drug

A national taskforce says it cannot yet support the use of new treatment Sotrovimab, of which the federal government recently bought more than 7700 doses.

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Meet the businesses doing well in lockdown – a vet, a baker and a penny farthing maker

Elwood Sourdough is among companies and services that have noted a rise in trade as customers’ buying habits change during the pandemic.

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Restrictions by postcode: Low cases, vaccination key to some freedom

COVID case numbers in suburbs and high vaccination rates will determine where and how restrictions are eased in September.

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Where to now for Brad Arthur and the Parramatta Eels?

What happens between now and the finals is irrelevant. Season 2021 and the fate of the coach was always going to be judged on what unfolds in the play-offs.

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Moderna considers Australia for vaccine trial for under-12s

Moderna is evaluating Australia as one location for a trial that aims to enrol 6000 children aged from six months to 12 years, with most of the study taking place in the United States.

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Use all options: Employer frustration over vaccination, testing

Company chiefs are venting their frustration over federal and state rules that prevent them from using rapid antigen tests across their workplaces to help track and trace the deadly coronavirus variant.

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Mandate vaccine for healthcare workers, hospital network says

The number of healthcare workers infected with COVID-19 since the state’s outbreak has doubled in the past two weeks and has hit 117 cases, with one peak medical group renewing calls to mandate vaccines for all hospital workers.

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